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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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